Description

CHURCH KNOWLE WEST ORCHARD
SY 98 SW
8/58 West Orchard Farm
House (Formerly
listed as "West
Orchard")
GV 12.11.59 II
Detached farmhouse. Late C16 - early C17, extended to east in C18
and to west in C19. Rubble stone walls, stone slate roof, half-
hipped at east end. 3 stone stacks on ridge, - one enlarged in
brick. 2 storeys. 3 casement windows on ground floor and 2 on
first floor. Pair of french doors in east extension. Evidence of
earlier, blocked, windows. Rear lean-to has stone walls and part
tiled, part stone-slated roof. Main ground floor room - in original
section - has a moulded stone fireplace surround with 4-centred
arch. 2 similar, simpler fireplaces on first floor. Arched doorway
in west wall of original section.
RCHM Monument 25 (Dorset Vol II)

Listing NGR: SY9410680770

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26590772

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Recommended Books

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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)